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sured in the morning by the teacher, who is also present
in the afternoon. When the School Nurse has been appointed
she will undertake this portion of the work.
The card used for the record of the inspection is that
of the Board of Education.
In very few of the schools is there a room available
for inspections, which is not in use as a class-room ; when
an inspection is in progress, however, the class usually
occupying a room is either held out of doors (in summer)
or is amalgamated with some other class.
C.—General Statement of Extent and Scope of
Medical Inspection carried out during the year.
(1) Number of Visits paid to the Schools during the year.
For the purposes of routine inspection 118 visits were
paid to the various schools and departments by myself.
During the first three months of the year, before 1 took
up the duties of School Medical Officer, a number of children
had been examined by the acting School Medical Officer,
but I am not able to state the number of visits paid
hy him.
In addition, a certain number of additional visits
were paid for re-inspection of children found defective,
search for cases of Infectious Disease, and inspection of
school buildings.
(2) Principle on which Children have been selected for
Inspection.
All children who entered schools and who were leaving
school during the year have been inspected in accordance
with the code requirements of the Board of Education.
The "entrants" included children under 5, between
5 and 6, and 6 years of age. " Leavers " included those
children who would attain the age of 14 years at some
time during the year. Children at two other ages have
been examined during the year, viz., those who attained
the ages of 8 years and 11 years.
In addition a few children were presented by the
teacher for the purpose of ascertaining whether they were
fit to attend school or not, owing to some suspected contagious
disease or for some other reason. These children